Volume 96 Number 16 - June 7 - 13, 2010


Keegan has plans for Ghanaian gold project

VANCOUVER — A preliminary economic assessment for Keegan Resources’ (KGN-T, KGN-X) gold project in southwest Ghana found an open-pit mine at Esaase could produce some 200,000 oz. gold annually for a …




Goodbye ‘Inco’

The end of the Inco era became official in the last week of May, as Vale announced it is killing the name “Vale Inco” for its nickel business. It will now simply be called “Vale.”


STEWART HAMILTON (CENTRE) DEMONSTRATES SEDIMENT SAMPLING TO EARTH SCIENCES STUDENTS ON RAMSAY LAKE IN SUDBURY, ONT., DURING THE 4TH ANNUAL STUDENT-INDUSTRY MINERAL EXPLORATION WORKSHOP. TWENTY SIX OF THE TOP EARTH SCIENCES STUDENTS FROM ACROSS CANADA GATHERED IN SUDBURY FROM MAY 8 TO 22 FOR A TWO-WEEK WORKSHOP ON MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING. THE EVENT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE PROSPECTORS AND DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA.

Killing the golden goose

Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in a recent survey that they feared cash-strapped governments would increasingly look to mining companies as a source of addit…


DAILY METAL PRICES (June 07, 2010)

Date May 31 May 28 May 27 May 26 May 25 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 1880/1895 1915/1930 1871/1895 1860/1880 Alum…


International Tower Hill to spin off assets

A proposed spin-off transaction that will separate International Tower Hill Mines’ (ITH-T, THM-X) advanced-stage Livengood gold project in Alaska from the company’s earlier stage properties will maxim…






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